Developments in Federal and State Campaign Finance, Lobbying, and Ethics Laws
Last week, Lois Lerner, the now suspended Director of Exempt Organizations for the IRS, appeared before the House Oversight Committee. She gave a brief opening statement, in which she proclaimed that she had “not done nothing wrong” and that she had “not broken any laws.”
Her lawyer had already informed the Committee that she would …
It’s been less than three weeks since the IRS admitted to targeting applications for tax-exempt status filed by some conservative organizations. Much has happened since then on both the personnel front and with congressional oversight hearings.
On the personnel front, the acting IRS commissioner (Steven Miller) resigned and the President named a new acting commissioner. …
On May 10, 2013, the nonprofit tax bar – and much of the country – was rocked by reports that Lois Lerner, director of the Internal Revenue Service’s Exempt Organizations Division apologized for the Service’s inappropriate flagging of conservative political groups for additional review during the 2012 election season. She made this apology in response …
